Introduction to the Special Issue on Administrative Culture in Developing and Transitional Countries

Abstract

This special issue on administrative culture explores and charts administrative culture in developing and transitional countries. The articles published in this special issue are genuinely international in scope. They include a myriad of perspectives for exploring aspects of administrative culture in countries and contexts ranging from Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Fiji and Ghana, to Mexico and Saudi Arabia. The articles fall into two main groupings. In terms of content specificity, the first loose grouping presents three articles that mainly deal with theoretical and contextual aspects relevant to the discourses and practices of administrative culture.

Keywords:

• administrative culture

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to all those who have contributed articles to this special issue. We also appreciate and acknowledge the valuable contributions made by the guest reviewers throughout the peer review process. As guest editors, we would like to thank Colin Talbot, Richard Common, and Carole Talbot, formerly of the International Journal of Public Administration for their cooperation. They have given us a great opportunity to develop the scholarship on administrative culture in the developing and transitional countries. We also acknowledge the assistance of Ali Farazmand and Michael Macaulay, the new editors of IJPA, for their kind cooperation during the publication process of this special issue.